in face black king chuffing at hind maneovre ignoble defeat any square except b8 in success making a bid for freedom is the white king plus,

clink b4 plug rooks off in see be heeding the call it is king in b5 advantage off bin game.

oh at chef in b8 ar it gain little for white in seems it hope in good game thod in king carry hammers 57...Kb8 youll shine it through in huffer great endgame skill needed,

going back to hind call it doctor in kaputz of cool aid eli see trick yu 52...rh5! allow ground forth in 52...rh8 man i marvel it these in comic guys going to the wire see kings for 53.kxb5 in just the bill of rights for black can now finger true delight in heads 52...rb8+ only maneovre at or tail off h8 in white has the inter low 53.rc7+ or bet rookc5 when cutter in get between defer too 53...Kd6:

i net have cordon it blew away in light bind had having look in low time see king east in diagrams pale in comparison kicking d8 inceed the point in wall it is what in a mare have wind in cease to be jovial one together at creedence in rueing golly it statue in see you since bygone era i l0 stipulated c5 will get rounded c7 ram he in steep earned it honest in harvest i mate after b8 you lent in one for he it her bind off i vain pump head it tomatoe h8 ok in b8 low old drawing method.

BOSTER: After putting a couple books about king and pawn endgames in front of me, I made the conclusion which I'm sure the kids know in the kindergarden.

White main hope to win occurs when his king is in front of pawn.
So, when white king moves to b5, black king should be on b7 to take the opposition.
When white king moves on c5 black king should be on c7.
So, in <POTD> pos. correct move is 57...Kb8 to draw.

and white will win in 17 more moves. Somewhere in here was the Lucena position or something similar.

The key is that black cannot force the white king behind the pawn as in the game, as white can respond to the rook check with 56. Rb6 in the above line, or something like 53. Rc5 Rb8+ 54. Ka7 Rc8 55. Rxb5.

WDenayer: Probably most lower rated players - 1000 - 1500 - could gain 300 rating points in one month if they would study elementary pawn and rook endings, not anything fancy, but endings that very often appear. Here we have an example. What is Black to play after 57.Kc4? The only thing that Black has to know is that he has to play 57. ... Kb8, because whatever White plays next, Black will be able to move in such a way that at a certain point there will be two squares between the two kings on the same rank with White to move. Any direction White takes, Black will also take and there is no way through. That's all you need to know. If White starts by pushing his pawn, so much the better, it just takes away a square for his king. There is no need to calculate anything here. Just keep the rule of the two squares in mind. White has to give up the opposition, not you. Then he can never win.

Retireborn: <Howard> The answer would seem to be no - my notes do give instead of 19.Nxe7, 19.Nf5 Qxg1 20.Nfxe7 Bxe6 21.Nxg8 Bxg4 22.Qh6 Bxd1 23.Ngxf6 Qg6 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.Kxd1 as good for White, but Houdini considers that to be equal after 25...Rd8; ...Nc4 is coming and the white knights get in each others way.

In fact, after 21...Bd7! (only, but good) it's White who has to play exactly to keep equality.

plang: Earlier in the tournament Fischer had played the standard 11..Nxf6 against Gligoric and White had gone on to win; here he chose the sharper 11..gxf!?. Fischer continued to play for complications with 16..d5!? and had Gligoric played 19 Nf5! he would have obtained good winning chances; ie. 19..Qxg1 20 Nfxe7..Bxe6 21 Nxg8..Bxg4 22 Qh6..Bxd1 23 Ngxf6..Qg6 24 Qxg6..hxg 25 Kxd1. 21..Bd7! defended against the threat of 22 Rd8. After Gligoric's 24 Rxg8+? Fischer could have obtained a winning advantage; better was 24 f4..Qg5 25 Qxf6+..Qxf6 26 Rdxf6..e3 27 Rxf7..Rg1 28 Rxd7..e2 29 Rd1!..exd+ 30 Kxd1..Kg7 31 Ke1..Rf8 32 Rxf8+..Kxf8 33 Kf2 with good drawing chances. Fischer,in return, also erred with 24..Rxg8; instead after 24..Kxg8 25 Rxf6..Qe5 Black should win. Fischer could have taken the draw with 37..e2 38 Kf6..Kh8 39 Rh7+..Kg8 40 Rc7.

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